2. Lullaby - The Cat Empire
Last weekend was a weekend, and it was more than quite sunny in the park.
It was hot, but not as hot as the night Johnny Viti got married.
And that, my friends, is the first of many obscure comic book references (Batman: The Long Halloween).
One thing about this whole '83 Songs.' idea is that it puts my musical taste (or lack thereof) right in the front and centre. Just by looking at the song titles I've choosen, I guess you'll all pretty quickly get an understanding of what generally plays in my ipod. But don't worry, I'll do my best to throw some things from the left field, or even in some cases, from the right field.
Catch; The Cat Empire.
I'd admit that when the Cat Empire came onto the Australian music scene, I wasn't too impressed. From my limited knowledge, and please be aware that this knowledge is not founded from any research or evidence, the first song released was 'Hello'. I can kinda remember hearing it on the radio, and I can somewhat remember that I thought it was just a gimmicky song. Fast forward to a few months/possible years, I on a whim, I bought their first cd at a cd selling establishment.
Naturally, I loved it.
There is a few things you got to learn about me and my music. As much as a I appreciate the cut-n-paste brilliance of today's rnb, I'm just a sucker for a good brass section. Give me something with a good trumpet, a horn of any description, a sax, and I'll love you with 4/9ths of my heart. Just give me some music that makes me feel happy, give me music that will put a smile of my face and a bounce in my step.
And that's why I like the Cat Empire. Their music is about love of well girls and booze, but also a love for the music itself. You can feel it in the songs, you can tell that they just like playing. 'Lullaby' is from their second album, 'Two Shoes', and I'll admit that I like the fact that the starting piano part reminds me a lot of the music from an Amiga game I played when I was a kid. The name of the game now alludes me but it was very pac-man like but with fruit and I'm certain there was a Mr or Doc Pineapple involved.
Nonetheless, 'Lullaby' is what the Cat Empire is about, a song about a sexy babe, movie-marathons, triple-expressos and alot of rambling that I still can't quite get. Not to mention a horn solo right bang in the middle of the song.
Anyway, I need to start heading off to work, so I'll end it here.
It was hot, but not as hot as the night Johnny Viti got married.
And that, my friends, is the first of many obscure comic book references (Batman: The Long Halloween).
One thing about this whole '83 Songs.' idea is that it puts my musical taste (or lack thereof) right in the front and centre. Just by looking at the song titles I've choosen, I guess you'll all pretty quickly get an understanding of what generally plays in my ipod. But don't worry, I'll do my best to throw some things from the left field, or even in some cases, from the right field.
Catch; The Cat Empire.
I'd admit that when the Cat Empire came onto the Australian music scene, I wasn't too impressed. From my limited knowledge, and please be aware that this knowledge is not founded from any research or evidence, the first song released was 'Hello'. I can kinda remember hearing it on the radio, and I can somewhat remember that I thought it was just a gimmicky song. Fast forward to a few months/possible years, I on a whim, I bought their first cd at a cd selling establishment.
Naturally, I loved it.
There is a few things you got to learn about me and my music. As much as a I appreciate the cut-n-paste brilliance of today's rnb, I'm just a sucker for a good brass section. Give me something with a good trumpet, a horn of any description, a sax, and I'll love you with 4/9ths of my heart. Just give me some music that makes me feel happy, give me music that will put a smile of my face and a bounce in my step.
And that's why I like the Cat Empire. Their music is about love of well girls and booze, but also a love for the music itself. You can feel it in the songs, you can tell that they just like playing. 'Lullaby' is from their second album, 'Two Shoes', and I'll admit that I like the fact that the starting piano part reminds me a lot of the music from an Amiga game I played when I was a kid. The name of the game now alludes me but it was very pac-man like but with fruit and I'm certain there was a Mr or Doc Pineapple involved.
Nonetheless, 'Lullaby' is what the Cat Empire is about, a song about a sexy babe, movie-marathons, triple-expressos and alot of rambling that I still can't quite get. Not to mention a horn solo right bang in the middle of the song.
Anyway, I need to start heading off to work, so I'll end it here.
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